The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-30
BEN: PERLEY PooRE.
The Life and Service of the Veteran wasb,,.
ton Correspondent, Just Dead.

The Life and Service of the Veteran vasn,,.
ton Correspondent, just Dead
Louisville Courier Journal.
In length OF service Major Ben: Psrlev poo-.
was many years the senior of any of the corra
spondents stationed at the capital Anon.
them he has always been one of the most iraA
entail, as he has always been the most vidair
known. He has enjoyed the acquaintance ana
in most cases, the close acquaintance Of ~,
most prominent public men who have been a ~.
i've upon the stage for the last forty years n
had the respect of all. and the friendly regard -
the majority. He has written independently
generally in such a way as mot
to disturb personal relations His now
were varied, his accomplishment.
great. and there r. carcely been a department
of journalism in he has not done notabla
work. he was oori z. lS20. on q farm near
Newburyport, Ma ehe noted Indian Hill
which has been in Do ession of his family sinea
1850 It is a museum of colonial material. and
one of the most famous places for private enter
tainment a large scale in New England. or
the country. Io made first trip to Europe Al
the age of eleven. On his return he was placed
at school to fit him for West Point. He
did not like the outlook, so ran
away from school. stopped in Worcester.
Mass, and, although the child of rich parents
became an Office boy and printers devil After
making considerable progress. he let his parents
who had given up hope OF training him. know
where he was, and asked to make visit home
newspaper was purchased for him in Athens,
Ga, which he conducted for several years
In 1S41 he went with United States Minister
billiard to Belgium as an attache of the lega-
ton From this time till 1647 he travelled over
Europe, Egypt and the Holy Land, part Of the
time as correspondent of the Boston Atlas aud
during part employed in collecting voluminous
historical material from the French archives for
the State of Massachusetts.
He first figured in Washington in 1847, as the
correspondent of the Boston Atlas, aud in the
winter of 1923 he was the Washington CORE.
IF R0sf0u
he held until a few years since and while in il
be made himself nationally the best-known man
connected with it. He had much TO do with
militia service in Massachusetts, and volunteered
promptly when the war broke out As major of
the Eighth Massachusetts,, he served in Buffers
column which landed at Annapolis and helped
open the way to Washington In 1862 he became
clerk of the Senate committee on printing,
and since has held that position contin-
uously, except for two years. He has made
many exceedingly valuable compilations for the
government. He has at different times written
for most of the prominent newspapers OF the
country, and has done considerable magazine
work. Few men in journalistic life have bad
wider or more varied connections, and few HAYS
ACCOMPLISHED great an aggregate or work well
performed. His wide experience abroad and at
home and his intimate knowledge OF public men
and the inside of political life and relations has
made him for years past the best authority for
ready reference which could be found
Major Poore was a man of strong convictions,
of strong likes and dislikes, though the latter
were few while the former were many. he
has been the dean of the correspondents Tor
long time past, those who worked with MIN IN
the earlier days having long since left the nea.
He has passed sway ar q ripe age, after ue
active beyond the ordinary standard OF hard
workers. He has impressed himself upon tna
wide circle with which he has SO long moved,
and with whom he has always performed =
| mans full,work. His death will be regretted In
every part of the land, and by none SO much as
| those among whom he has labored